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W.674, Ottoman diploma in calligraphy

Abstract

This manuscript is a diploma/certificate (ijāzah) granted to the Ottoman calligrapher Muḥammad Ḥilmī Afandī (Mehmet Hilmi Efendi) in 1219 AH / 1804-5 CE by four master calligraphers: Yāzījī-zādah, Ismāʿīl al-Zuhdī Kātib al-Sarāy al-Sulṭānī, Muḥammad Ḥasīb, and ʿAlī al-Waṣfī. The main text, consisting of a quotation attributed to the Prophet Muhammad and extolling the virtue of elegantly writing the doxological formula (basmalah), "in the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful," is executed in thuluth and naskh scripts.

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1. Upper board outside

   
   • W674_000001_1027.tif
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   • W674_000001_300.tif
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   • W674_000001_sap.jpg
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   • W674_000001_thumb.jpg
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2. fol. 1b

   
   • W674_000002_1027.tif
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   • W674_000002_300.tif
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   • W674_000002_sap.jpg
     Size: 999.3 kB (1,023,256 bytes)
   • W674_000002_thumb.jpg
     Size: 16.0 kB (16,427 bytes)

3. fol. 2a

   
   • W674_000003_1027.tif
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   • W674_000003_300.tif
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   • W674_000003_sap.jpg
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   • W674_000003_thumb.jpg
     Size: 17.8 kB (18,201 bytes)

4. fol. 2b

   
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   • W674_000004_300.tif
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   • W674_000004_sap.jpg
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   • W674_000004_thumb.jpg
     Size: 17.1 kB (17,526 bytes)

5. Lower board inside

   
   • W674_000005_1027.tif
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   • W674_000005_300.tif
     Size: 20.3 MB (21,304,650 bytes)
   • W674_000005_sap.jpg
     Size: 977.2 kB (1,000,647 bytes)
   • W674_000005_thumb.jpg
     Size: 14.8 kB (15,121 bytes)

6. Lower board outside

   
   • W674_000006_1027.tif
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   • W674_000006_300.tif
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   • W674_000006_sap.jpg
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   • W674_000006_thumb.jpg
     Size: 14.1 kB (14,392 bytes)

7. Spine

   
   • W674_000007_1200.tif
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   • W674_000007_300.tif
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   • W674_000007_sap.jpg
     Size: 72.7 kB (74,483 bytes)
   • W674_000007_thumb.jpg
     Size: 1.8 kB (1,822 bytes)

8. Fore-edge

   
   • W674_000008_1200.tif
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   • W674_000008_300.tif
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   • W674_000008_sap.jpg
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   • W674_000008_thumb.jpg
     Size: 1.8 kB (1,869 bytes)

9. Head

   
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   • W674_000009_300.tif
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   • W674_000009_sap.jpg
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   • W674_000009_thumb.jpg
     Size: 1.9 kB (1,924 bytes)

10. Tail

    
    • W674_000010_1200.tif
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    • W674_000010_300.tif
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    • W674_000010_sap.jpg
      Size: 59.3 kB (60,681 bytes)
    • W674_000010_thumb.jpg
      Size: 1.6 kB (1,680 bytes)